Giant cell angiofibroma of parapharyngeal space: a report of a new location for a rare tumour.

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PMID:
20537864
Owner:
NLM
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In-Process

Abstract/OtherAbstract:

Giant cell angiofibroma was first described as a distinctive orbital soft-tissue tumour in male adults; it is now recognized that this mesenchymal tumour can present in other anatomical regions. In this article, a case of giant cell angiofibroma of parapharyngeal space in a 25-year-old woman is described. Clinicopathologic features of this tumour are reviewed. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of giant cell angiofibroma arising in the parapharyngeal space.